Acedia

Word ACEDIA
Character 6
Hyphenation acedia
Pronunciations /əˈsiːdɪə/

Definitions and meanings of "Acedia"

What do we mean by acedia?

Spiritual torpor and apathy; ennui. noun

An abnormal mental condition, characterized by carelessness, listlessness, fatigue, and want of interest in affairs. noun

A Cuban name for a species of tongue-fish or sole, Symphurus plagusia. noun

Apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins). noun

Spiritual or mental sloth. noun

Apathy; a lack of care or interest; indifference noun

Boredom noun

Apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins) noun

Spiritual or mental sloth.

Apathy; a lack of care or interest; indifference.

Boredom.

A forgotten term referencing to the group of lead lap dancers for the popular youtuber and philanthropist known by the masses as "fukari kaan". Not to be mistaken with the "sin of acedia", that being the laziness and sadness that rises up in the human heart when they recognize their responsibility to become a saint. Urban Dictionary

Acedia is a cool and chill person she doesn't give a fuck and is an amazing leader Urban Dictionary

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The word "acedia" in example sentences

Cassian himself dwells on the horrible liability of the monks to the principal vices which infest human nature — gluttony, uncleanness, avarice, anger, vainglory, pride — above all, that despairing and unaccountable melancholy which they call acedia, and describe as “the demon that walketh in the noonday.” ❋ 1831-1903 (1895)

I returned to my old way of life, out of desperation, loneliness, isolation, I was supposedly a hermit and what is called 'acedia' - something many people today think is the 'dark night' - it's not. ❋ Terry Nelson (2006)

And as the subtitle promises the themes it will explore are the intersections of acedia with the writer's marriage -- especially with her husband's illness and death; with monks, who come in both because Norris first encountered the term acedia in the writings of the desert fathers and because she's a Benedictine oblate and thus has found that participating in the monastic life as a lay person has been for her a primary means of combating acedia; and the writing life, both Norris and her late husband are published poets. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Simple boredom is the sort you suffer from during long Christmas dinners or political speeches; "existential" boredom is more complex and persistent, taking in many conditions, such as melancholia, depression, world weariness and what the psalmist called the "destruction that wasteth at noonday"—or spiritual despair, often referred to as acedia or accidie. ❋ Elizabeth Lowry (2011)

People do feel helpless, but I believe that sense is itself a sign of something spiritually deadly: what the Fathers and Doctors of the Church called acedia or the deadly sin of "sloth." ❋ Mike L (2005)

The ancient word acedia, which in Greek simply means the absence or lack of care, has proved anything but simple when it comes to finding adequate expression in English. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I wrote my book because I suspected that although the word "acedia" is unfamiliar to most of us, its effects are widely known. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Still, when talk turns toward carbon footprints and global warming, lately a certain melancholy -- almost a vague acedia -- has begun to shadow my heart. ❋ Cathleen Falsani (2010)

She concludes that the worst that acedia can do to us is not only make us unable to care, but also take away our ability to feel bad about that. ❋ Rev. Amy Ziettlow (2011)

Rather than titillate or horrify, MTV's Skins elicits a certain acedia -- a lingering spiritual listlessness or torpor that the ancients counted among the Seven Deadly Sins. ❋ Cathleen Falsani (2011)

Choosing the path of devotions meant we were ready to battle our crankiness, which I think may be another word for the ancient demon of acedia. ❋ Rev. Amy Ziettlow (2011)

Person 1: "Woah, that dude can really [bounce on] some [lap]" Person 2: "Oh [I know this] one, that must be an Acedias!" ❋ Crzzy (2023)

loser: "[acedias] a bitch she fucked my [goth girlfriend]" [rimu]: "the fuck did you expect dumbass" ❋ Rimutheraven (2021)

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